Latest News for Parents & Carers

BBC Two has commissioned a new factual drama called Independence Day? How Disabled Rights Were Won. It’s based on the remarkable true story of the people behind an irrepressible campaign of direct-action, which led to the winning of the Disability Discrimination Act in Britain.

Duncan Edwards, whose son is disabled and needs 24-hour care and wife uses a wheelchair, shares his experiences on how isolation is affecting his family, and what plans they have put in place to maintain care support. 

SEND barrister, Steve Broach, will set out the key legal duties in these areas for children and young people respectively and will focus on how these duties have been altered by the Coronavirus Act 2020 and other legal responses to the current pandemic. The Seashell Trust are offering two FREE sessions, one focusing on children aged 0-17 years and one focusing on young adults aged 18-25 years.

We are changing the way we can connect with you. We appreciate the frustration of not knowing when you will receive a phone call so now offering appointments that suit you and your commitments. You can now ask for an appointment on a day and time of your choice (subject to availability) between 1.30pm Monday afternoon through to 12noon on Friday. Or use these online contact forms. We also welcome any feedback on our new system.

Parent carers requested that the directories contain SEND only services so we have created brand new directories not including universal services. You can find these directories within any of the topic areas such as education, health and wellbeing and preparing for adulthood.